LSS investigators give study updates at annual meeting

August 21, 2018

HOUSTON – July 31, 2018 – The Lone Star Stroke Consortium Executive Committee, researchers, coordinators and staff held their annual meeting on July 28, 2018, in Houston. The public was invited to attend and the meeting was broadcast live on our website.

PIs gave updates on several statewide studies that LSS is conducting to reduce the incidence of stroke for all Texans.

START trial. Fifteen percent of strokes in the U.S. are associated with atrial fibrillation but the optimal time to initiate oral anticoagulation is not known. The START trial is seeking to best time to give oral anticoagulation for Afib patients.

Watch the meeting video below to learn about all the work that we are doing to prevent stroke and improve stroke outcomes.